But as the calendar turns to the new year, it might also be a good time to take a closer look at some of the less tangible, more qualitative elements of success - elements that often are overlooked in the drive to quantify the path to that success.

Organizational Resolutions

Here are some areas that you should reflect upon to help improve your organization's performance and your own. Remember, like "eat healthy and exercise," these are things that can be easily aspired to. They are organizational fundamentals. The point is they require focus and attention to achieve, a commitment by an organization's leadership to create a disciplined approach to change behaviors.

• Be Purposeful - Take a deeper look into the why's of your tactics. Insure that each goal has realistic resources and plans devoted to it. Don't just presume good things will happen. 
• Align Individual Goals with Organizational Goals - Have each manager work with team members to make what is sometimes a difficult linkage. Have them be creative. 
• Improve Communication - The healthiest organizations foster abundant communication up and down the enterprise and within the groups and teams. Informed teams and employees out perform those not in the loop. 
• Listen and Encourage Feedback - Often the best ideas come "from the ranks." Employees need to feel comfortable to bring forward new thinking. 
• Think About Succession - You should have most key leadership and technical positions backed up by promotable people. If not, then integrate into your hiring plans. 
• Create a Mentoring and Learning Culture - Encourage and reward your leaders and managers to devote time to this important area. 
• Invest in Your Employee Development - This provides a double benefit of improved performance and reduced turnover of your best people. 
• Train Your Managers - Being an effective manager is difficult. Newly promoted managers especially need to be trained and developed. You'll receive big dividends for investing in management training and coaching. 
• Create a Talent Acquisition Process and Plan - Plan your key hires, allowing plenty of time so you can wait for the right candidate. Train your interviewers in the best practices for assessing talent. 
• Assess Yourself - Take a hard look "in the mirror." What can you do to improve your own operating style which will reverberate throughout your organization?

Follow Through

Take these hallmarks of success and make them a reality. Gain buy in from key leaders and managers. Keep the spotlight on them throughout the year and don't lose the momentum. It's hard to regain.

Make this year, the year your enterprise and you achieve the important resolutions that can make you both winners. And, of course, losing 10 lbs and walking three times a week won't hurt either!